During last week's HBO WCB broadcast, Jim Lampley commented that Darley Perez - the solid Colombian lightweight boxer-puncher whose sole blemish is a close loss to international star and pound-for-pound highly ranked former amateur phenom Yuriorkis Gamboa - would be more than welcome back on their airwaves in some potentially meaningful bouts against the upper (if not uppermost) echelon of the division. He said - quite correctly IMO - that Terence Crawford vs. Darley Perez would make for an excellent and competitive styles match-up. I would very much like to see that. Crawford is being pegged as perhaps a 'next big thing', yet still lacks a breakout performance even having recently schooled the somewhat "known" Breidis Prescott...who made his bones on and is still largely riding the coattails of his quick KO1 of Amir Khan. He also won't have it should he get past Alejandro Sanabria - even with a dominant showing, the respectable Sanabria lacks the recognition for it to be a star-making performance. Perez, on the other hand, just gave the nearly mythic Gamboa a hard run for his money and would be seen as quite a coup if Crawford were to perform significantly better - shutting him out or dispatching him within the distance. Flipping it around, by dealing Crawford his first pro loss Perez could not only prove the surprisingly even tussle with Gamboa was no fluke or matter of the Cuban taking him lightly or "fighting down to his level" - indeed showing his level to be firmly ensconced right up there at just below the elite. I'll hold off adding a poll until after Crawford vs. Sanabria, this Saturday - but you don't have to wait until then, if feeling bold, to start breaking this down and making a hypothetical pick. (or maybe not so hypothetical, depending on how much whimsy Lampley spoke with...and how much clout he does have with the matchmakers at his employing network)
Isn't it DarleyS? As far as the match-up I cant say as I only saw them once each in their last fights.
It has been spelled both ways, and his own camp apparently can't agree on which is correct. :yep For the whole time I'd been following him until last weekend I only ever heard or saw it as "Darley". The S - which Boxrec only recently switched to - is new to me. Well based on that once each what is your gut feeling? Having seem both half a dozen or so times I can tell you those are more or less representational of their usual form (except that Crawford is often much ****ier and more reckless than he was against Prescott, often eschewing defense altogether...but mostly when he knew he was in mismatches ...and Perez looks sharper when not swatting at someone as elusive as Gamboa...)
That's a good fight. Perez is a lot better than he looked against Gamboa. The fight could either way but I am leaning towards Crawford because of his movement and his excellent ability to switch hit.
Damn solid fight, IB. I haven't seen either man enough to formulate a game plan for either guy. I can say, I think Crawford as a few more tools than Perez. In a game of adjustments, I always take the guy with more wrinkles.
Perez himself said it was Darleys so that would put an end to that. I was very impressed with Crawford with Prescott and it might make me think it was better than he really is.After what I thought was a slow start he really got smokin and controlled the bigger,longer colombian throught.Perez altough he relatively did good I think is a solid fighter but it's hard to really gauge his true level. I was gonna say that I think ultimately Crawford will be a dangerous spoiler for the most part with his low output it's gonna be hard but Perez wasn't much busier agaisnt Gamboa either. I think Crawfors takes away Perez's left hook and counters him all night.But I would like to see more of both.
Yeah, Terence has more tools in his belt for sure - but I've also seen him make ridiculous errors of judgment that Darley is too careful and disciplined to ever be guilty of. If you listed out important tangible qualities and then assigned them points values, Crawford would probably have at least a slight edge in each and likely a whopping numerical landslide in the grand sum... but... h2h, I think some of his bad habits, the penchant for pea**** theatrical without any expectation of consequence, and generally having mostly had things his way on the climb up could all work to undo his advantages , spelling disaster for him and jackpot for the game and by no means untalented Perez.
